Famous Deaths In April - 15

1053  Death of Godwin, Earl of Wessex on this day in history.  

1220  On this day in history adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1415  Death of Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist and grammarian on April - 15.  

1472  On April - 15 leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68  

1502  Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

1607  Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78 on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62  

1621  Death of John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony on this day in history.  

1632  Death of George Calvert, Proprietor of the Avalon (Maryland) Colony (b. 1580) on April - 15.  

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1641  Death of Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (b. 1581) on April - 15.  

1652  Death of Patriarch Joseph, head of the Russian Orthodox Church on this day in history.  

1659  On April - 15 simon Dach, German poet, dies  

1719  On April - 15 johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76  

1754  On this day in history death of jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)  

1756  On April - 15 johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29  

1761  Death of Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1682) on April - 15.  

1764  On April - 15 jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies  

1765  Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53 on April - 15.  

1788  Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1793  Death of Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary and geographer (b. 1718) on April - 15.  

1804  On this day in history death of charles Pichegru, French general (strangled in prison) (b. 1761)  

1811  Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1824  Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1853  Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1854  Death of Arthur Aikin, English chemist, mineralogist, and writer (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

1863  Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90 on April - 15.  

1866  On this day in history william Jackson, composer, dies at 51  

1888  On April - 15 matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65  

1889  Death of Father Damien, Belgian missionary (b. 1840) on April - 15.  

1891  On April - 15 stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49  

1898  On April - 15 death of kepa Te Rangihiwinui, Maori military leader  

1911  On April - 15 georg Knorr, German engineer, dies  

1912  Death of Edward Smith, captain of the RMS Titanic (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

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1452  Leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary was born on April - 15.  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  On this day in history birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  On this day in history birth of king Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)